This proves my theory that there are fanatics and just plain crazies in every religion and creed, no matter how good the philosophy itself might be. She seems to be using the same techniques of other fundamentalists, skewing the "facts" to make her point, and in some instances, just making things up. What ever happened to The Wiccan Rede which states "An it harm none, do what ye will"?
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"...did you know that Mary Magdalene was not a temple prostitute? That the word "Magdelene" is a title of leadership, not the woman's last name? And that Mary Magdelene of Bible fame ran a temple to the Goddess, designed to educate the rich girls of Jerusalem? True, true...and true. AND, the reason the men hated her was because she believe in the Goddess, and they wanted to get rid of the Goddess.
I had to comment on this one. I don't know where she came up with this, but it certainly wasn't the Christian Bible. Mary Magdalene was not a prostitute, true, and although the Church may have vilified her as such, she is only described in the Bible as being one of Jesus' followers who was "possessed by demons", which is largely interpreted today to mean that she probably either had epilepsy or a mental illness of some sort. "Magdalene" means "of Magdala"; Mary came from the town of Magdala, just as Jesus came from Nazareth and so was called a "Nazarene". There seems to be every indication that Mary was Jewish, just as all of them were, not a follower of the Goddess. This seems to be pure fantasy. (Of course, we also don't really know if Mary or any of the others existed, as there are no historical records proving that they did or didn't.)
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"...did you know that Mary Magdalene was not a temple prostitute? That the word "Magdelene" is a title of leadership, not the woman's last name? And that Mary Magdelene of Bible fame ran a temple to the Goddess, designed to educate the rich girls of Jerusalem? True, true...and true. AND, the reason the men hated her was because she believe in the Goddess, and they wanted to get rid of the Goddess.
I had to comment on this one. I don't know where she came up with this, but it certainly wasn't the Christian Bible. Mary Magdalene was not a prostitute, true, and although the Church may have vilified her as such, she is only described in the Bible as being one of Jesus' followers who was "possessed by demons", which is largely interpreted today to mean that she probably either had epilepsy or a mental illness of some sort. "Magdalene" means "of Magdala"; Mary came from the town of Magdala, just as Jesus came from Nazareth and so was called a "Nazarene". There seems to be every indication that Mary was Jewish, just as all of them were, not a follower of the Goddess. This seems to be pure fantasy. (Of course, we also don't really know if Mary or any of the others existed, as there are no historical records proving that they did or didn't.)